What is typically created during a Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW)?

During a Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW), one of the primary outputs is the Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan (MYTEP). This document is designed to outline the overarching strategy for training and exercises over a multi-year period, ensuring that the training aligns with identified needs, capabilities, and planning objectives. The MYTEP serves as a framework to coordinate efforts across various agencies and organizations, helping to prioritize training activities and ensure that personnel are adequately prepared to respond to emergencies.

This planning process involves analyzing previous exercises, identifying capability gaps, and determining the training requirements necessary to fill those gaps. By creating a MYTEP, stakeholders can approach training systematically, ensuring that all parties involved are on the same page regarding the expectations and requirements for future preparedness activities.

While a detailed exercise report, participant feedback forms, and a multi-year training program are useful tools and can sometimes be products of the workshop discussions, they do not encapsulate the specific overarching plan structure that the MYTEP represents. The emphasis of a TEPW is on long-term strategy and alignment, making the MYTEP the most correct and relevant output of the workshop.